Money packet or holder



No. 6|0,727. Patented Sept. I3, 1898. P. SCHLEMMEB.

MONEY PACKET 0R HOLDER.

(Apphcatxon filed June 21, 1898.)

(No Model.)

wrrnn drains (ATET t rrent PHILIPPINE SOIILEMMER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MONEY PACKET OR HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,727, dated. September 13, 1898.

Application filed June 21,1898. Serial No. 684,050. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIPPINE SoHLnM- MER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Money Packets or Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a packet or holder for a definite number of coin, which may be made of different sizes to be suited to coin of different denominations and especially adapted for use by those accustomed to handling large sums of money to do away with the constant recounting of the coin and to provide a permanent packet or holder for coin in which certain coin may be removed and the original packet still maintained, so as to be adapted for use as a holder for the remaining coin or refilling with coin up to a definite number; and in such connection my present invention relates to the particular construction and arrangement of such a coin packet 0r holder. 7

The principal object of my invention is to provide a cheap, durable, and permanent packet or holder for coin in which the coin contained therein may be readily removed or the packet or holder readily opened or closed without destroying the packet or holder for subsequent use and the coin securely held in the packet or holder when closed against displacement of the coin in definite number therein, and the means for holding the packet or holder in a closed condition serving also to reinforce and strengthen the hinged connection, as well as to hold togetherthe two members of the coin packet or holder.

My invention, stated in general terms, consists of a coin packet or holder when constructed and arranged in the manner hereinafter described and claimed.

The nature and characteristic features of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof, in which-- Figure l is a perspective view of the coin packet or holderin a closed position embodying features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the same in an open position. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the two semicircular members of the packet or holder, showing the hinge connection of the one member with the other and also showing one of the bands spanning the packet or holder in its closed condition and which band serves also to reinforce or strengthen the hinged connection of the two members of the holder, and thereby to render the same more serviceable.

Referring to the drawings, a and ct represent the two semicircular members of the packet or holder with closed ends I) and h. These members may be made of pasteboard, papier-mach, or other preferred material and may be molded or otherwise formed into the shape or condition required. 0 is a strip of suitable yielding or other material placed along one surface of each member correspond ing to the sides of the same and suitably secured thereto to form a hinge connection of one member with the other of the packet or holder A. cl and d are bands of rubber or other flexible material adapted to embrace the peripheral surface of the two members when the packet or holder is in a closed condition, and c is a strip of suit-able material placed over the bands in position about the hinged connection of the two members to reinforce or strengthen the hinge connection and serving also to maintain the bands in such position as that they can by hand be readily caused to span the packet or holder or be withdrawn therefrom for spreading apart the two members of the packet or holder A for removing the contents of the same or for placing other coin therein, providing thereby a strong and handy permanent coin packet or holder for general use and one especially adapted for use by those having to handle large sums in coin to obviate constant recounting in transactions of business.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A coin packet or holder, comprising two semicircular members each having closed ends, a strip 0 of yielding material secured to each member so as to form a hinge con In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscrib- IO ing Witnesses.

PHILIPPINE SCHLEMMER.

YVitnesses:

RICHARD O. MAXWELL, THOMAS M. SMITH. 

